Spectacle-frame.



w s. SEARLES.

'SPECTACLE FRAM IE. APPLICATION FILEI) JULY 26.1917

1 Patntd Nov. 12,1918.

m t l 1 "T'YWW is ti LLAU VIAYNIE S. SEAFALES, 0F NEWARK, NEW! JERSEY,ASSIGNOR TO NEW JERSEY OPTICAL (30., ()1? NEVTARK, NEW JERSEY, ACORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SPEGTACLE-FRAME.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. is; lie-is Application filed July 26, 1917. Serial No.182,851

T 0 (11K whom it may concern:

Be it known that I WAYNE S. SnAnLEs, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Newark, county of Essex, State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Spectacle-Frames, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to spectacle frames, more particularly those of thecharacter in which the rims for the lenses comprise a combination ofmetallic and. non-metallic material, such as z-zylonite orequivalentmaterial;

One of the specific ects of my invention to provide an improvedconstruction of connection between the rims the character mentioned andthe temples.

It is quite a usual practice to employ clips for connecting the templesspectacle frames Lo 1e rims for the lenses and it is one of the onjectsof my invention to so at tach these clips to the opposing abutting endsof these rims that the metallic and non: metal (1 portions of the latterare firmly secured together,

iurthe' the t to connect'the clips to s employment-oi iastenlike utt ofmy invention is to proonstruction which may be manufacmore cheaply andeconomically than other like previous constructions In order that myinvention may be more readily understood and. its practical advam tagesfully appreciatedreference should be] had to the accompanying drawing inwhich I have illustrated a convenient form of embodiment thereof and inwhich:

Figure 1 is a View in front elevation of'a pair of spectacles in whichthe frame is con-Q- structed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through'a portion of the frame embodyingmyinvention, said View being taken in a plane centrally of and in theplane of a lens rim; and

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates the lenses of a pair ofspectacles, which lenses are supported in the of the spectacle The saidrims comprise the outer portions 2 of non-metallic material such asxylonite or equivalent material, and the inner portions 3 of metal, thelatter being seated or rested in an. inner groove 4% of the outernon-metallic rim portion 2. The inner rim element or portion 3 of therim is provided with the usual groove in which the peripheral edge of alens is seated.

7 designates the gripping or clamping portions of clips which extendaround the peripheral and side surface portions of the opposing endportions of the non netallic part or element 20f the rim, Such grippingor clamping portions 7 are clamped and compressed about the end.portions 8 of the element 2 of a rim so as to clamp and grip the samefirmly against the corresponding opposing end portions of the innermetallic portion or element 25 of therim l,

in the act "or compressing the clamping port ons 7 of the clips againstand partially fasten together the overlying or nesting end portions ofthe inner and outer rim elements or members.

10 designates studs projecting outwardly from the clamping parts 7 ofthe clips'which studs are provided With openings 11, one of which isscrew threaded to receive the screw threaded end of a serexvlQ by meansof which opposing clips are drawn together and secured so as to hold theopposing ends of the rims in contact or in close relation to each other.Spaces 13 are provided intermediate the outerends of the projections orstuds 10 for the reception of theinner ends of the temples 14. Suchtemples are pivotally secured in these spaces hy means of pivots whichextend in known manner through the outer ends of the said projections orstuds 10 and the front ends of the temples 14.

I claim 1. In a spectacle frame, the combination of a rim for aspectacle lens, said rim comparts of and in opposed relation to eachother, clips said rims together and means ed and temple connecting clipsrespectively having clamping parts in clamping engagement with theadjace1it 'opposi11g end portions of the said non-metallic part andclamping the latter against the corresponding portions of said metallicpart, substantially as described.

2. In spectacle frames, the combination of rims for the spectaclelenses, the said rims respectively comprising non -metallic and metallicparts, the latter bein seated Within a groove in the inner perip eraledges of the non-metallic parts, said metallic parts being provided withmeans upon their inner peripheral edges for engaging the lenses of thespectacles, the opposite ends of'the said the respective'rims beingadjacent having clamping parts in clamping engagement with opposing .endportions of each of the said rims for securing the fparts of the 1'connecting the said clips with each other \vl'icreby the opposing endsof each of the rims are secured together, substantially as described.

In spectacle frames, the combination of rims respectively comprisingnon-metallic and metallic parts, the non-metallic parts be ing providedwith grooves in their inner peripheral edges in which the metallic partsare seated, the said metallic parts being provided with grooves in theirinner peripheral edges for the reception of the edges of the spectaclelenses, clips having clamping'means in engagement with opposing endportions of each of the said rims, said clamping portions clampingtogether the overlying end portions of the two parts of each of the rimsand means for securing the said clips together, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have hereuntosigned my name this 2i day of July, A. D. 1917.

- /VAYNE S. SEARLES.

